Israel, Jerusalem, St. Peter Gallicantu, The Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu is a Roman Catholic church built on the traditional location of the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest, on the eastern...

Israel, Jerusalem, St. Peter Gallicantu, The Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu is a Roman Catholic church built on the traditional location of the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest, on the eastern...

Israel, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, The Dormition Abbey was built by Benedictine monks on the site of an earlier Byzantine church called Hagia Sion, constructed in the early 5th Century A.D. and destroyed...

Israel, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, The Dormition Abbey was built by Benedictine monks on the site of an earlier Byzantine church called Hagia Sion, constructed in the early 5th Century A.D. and destroyed...

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, The lower level of the Church or Basilica of the Annunciation contains the cave called the Holy Grotto traditionally believed to be the home of Mary in Nazareth before her m...

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, The bronze doors of the Church or Basilica of the Annunciation.

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, A young Franciscan monk in the plaza in front of the or Basilica of the Annunciationl. Behind him is a mosaic donated by the Vatican.

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jericho, The Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Temptation on the Mount of Temptation, the traditional site of the Temptation of Christ, near at Jericho in the...

Palestine, Bethlehem, Original gold mosaics once covered the walls of in the nave of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank. The original basilica was built in 339 A.D. over...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The neo-Gothic style Church of Saint Catherine is adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and is administrated by the Roman Catholic Church. It is built over the grot...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The neo-Gothic style Church of Saint Catherine is adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and is administrated by the Roman Catholic Church. It is built over the grot...

Palestine, Bethlehem, The tomb of Saint Jerome in the Cave of Saint Jerome under the Church of Saint Catherine adjacent to the Church of the Nativity in Behlehem. This series of caves connects to the...